2010/1/10 John Boyle <[email protected]>: > To Users: I use WIN XP, and today at my computer club, we had a presentation > of WIN 7 and the FACT that MANY programs are NOT compatible with it, OR , > the FACT that you have to have the original installation disks, as you have > to re-install ALL programs, although you can and must back up ALL that you > have on your computer NOW!
Well, you take daily backups anyway like everyone else, don't you? > I was given a WIN 7 Upgrade Advisor disk, to take > home, this is NOT WIN 7 itself, but it checks out what you have both in > devices and in software, and gives you a list of what will work and what > won't! BEFORE, anyone upgrades, it would behoove you to get that Advisor > from MSFT! Those of you who just got NEW computers with WIN 7 already > installed, I say great, but most of us are in deep trouble, as I see it!!! > =-O You will either have to find ALL the original installation disks, or > get new versions on disks, except for Open Office, which you will just have > to download ALL OVER AGAIN! Well, OpenOffice.org is not a big download. Takes a couple of minutes, if you aren't left behind at stone age with some kind of dial up modem thingy or whatever they are called in English. > It seems it is mandatory that you backup ALL > your hard drives, even though you still have to have the original > installation disks, anyway! Plus you may have to get NEW HARDWARE, also! > How many think WIN 7 is worth ALL this trouble? :-\ I don't know. I haven't used Windows since summer 2007 and I will never use it again. Regards Johnny Rosenberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
